Metallic railway cross-tie and rail-fastening



(No Medal.)

S. L. WIEGAND. METALLIC RAILWAY (moss TIE AND RAIL FASTENING. No.420,485. Patented Feb. 4, 1890',

Unrrn STATES PArnr rrrcn.

S LLOYD WIEGAND, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,485, dated February4, 1890.

- Application filed February 1, 1889- Serial No. 298,411. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, S. LLOYD WIEGAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetallic Railway Cross -Ties and Rail Fastenings therefor;' and I do,hereby declare the fol facility in fastening and adjusting, and lessrisk of personal injuries to persons engaged therein, and a more securehold upon the ballast of the road-bed. These several desiderata areattained by the construction of tie and fastening device therewithcombined,

hereinafter fully described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 shows a top view of a tie, parts of the rails, and therail-fastenings; Fig. 2, a bottom view thereof; Fig. 3, a side view;Fig. 4, a central perpendicular lengthwise section Fig. 5, an end view;Fig. 6, a transverse section in the plane indicated by the dotted linesZ Z in Figs. 1 and 3; Fig. 7, a view of the plate of metal from whichthe tie is formed, with cross and central sections marked a and b; Figs.8 and 9, respectively, enlarged end and side views of the clamps forholding the rail; and Fig. 10, an enlarged side View of the clampingbolt and nut.

The same reference-marks indicate the same parts in the several figures.

1 1 represent the rails; 2, the cross-ties, consisting of aninverted-U-shaped trough or channel-bar thickened at the angle-bearings3 and at the lower edges or flanges 4, and also at the parts 5 under andcontiguous to the.

rails 1, and presenting vertical surfaces to the edges of the flanges.The surfaces 7 between the angles 3 and the flanges 4, and the uppersurface 11 between the angles 3 are made with elevations and depressions8, with intervening flat or approximately flat surfaces 9. Depressionsor rail-seats 10, adapted to receive and fit the base of the rails 1,are

made in the upper surface 11, having shoul- V which bolts 14 pass,provided with nuts 15- and washers 16, which serve to hold the rails 1down to the seats 11.

The bolt 14, nut 15, and washer 16 are shown on enlarged scale in Fig.10 with the contiguous portions of the rail 1 and tie 2. The washer 16rests at one end in the depression 17 in the tie 2 and at the other uponthe outer rail-flange, and the head of the bolt 14 hooks over the innerrail-flange. The central part of the bolt 14 is bowed and bears upwardlyon the under side of the tie beneath the rail-seat. The contiguoussurfaces of the washer 16 and nut 15 should be spherical. The lowerflanges 4 of the tie 2 may be braced together by hooked rods 18,engaging the flanges 4 at points near the rail-seats, as shown in Figs.2 and 5, so as to prevent spreading.

Ties of this construction afford a sui'flciently elastic and firmsupport for rails. The depressions on the faces between the angles andedges serve to engage the road-ballast and prevent slipping on theroad-bed. The straight or approximately flat parts 9 between thedepressions 8 brace the thicker parts at the angles 3 and edges orflanges 4, and the thickened part under and around the railseats 10afford firm support to the rail and the fastening-bolt 14 and nut 15 andWasher 16.

Between the flat parts 9 and the depressions 8 are formed diagonalstraight surfaces 9%.

The cavities 17 afford a bearing for the washer 16, so that the head ofthe bolt 14 draws the inner flange of the rail downward, and inner endof the washer 16 simultaneously presses the outer flange of the raildownward. The bolt 14 is sufficiently elastic to recover and clamp afterany motion between the rail and tie from passing trains withoutloosening the nut.

The nut 15 is accessible and easily turned by a socket-wrench by personsat the side of the track without exposure to injury by passing trains.

The roughening of the ties by the elevations to hold the road-ballast isadapted to discourage walking upon the ties.

To produce these ties the plate of metal to form them is rolled with thethick and thin parts in it, as shown in Fig. 7, a and b, and with thedepressions S and other depressions for the rail-seats 10, thedepressions 17 for the washer 16, and with the slots 13 through ornearly through. They are then, while hot, placed in a beinling-maehine,and with suitable dies bent to the inverted-V form, and the bracing-rods18 applied. The slots 13 are cut through, and the tie is ready to havethe bolts 1%, nuts 15, and washers applied, ready to receive the rails.

Having described this invention, What I claim is 1. A railway-tie formedin the shape of an inverted trough with thickened and shoulderedrail-seats adapted to receive and hold rails at gage, and having slots13, adapted to receive a hooked bolt 14, provided With a nut and washer16, and therewith to hold rails, substantially as set forth.

2. A railway-tie having the form of an inverted trough with thickenedangles and thickened angular rail-seats and raised and depressedsurfaces, with intervening diagonal straight surfaces and slots forintroducing rail-fastenings, substantially as set forth.

3. A metallic railway-tie consisting of an inverted trough or channelbar having angular rail-bearings presenting vertical surfaces to theedges of the rail-flange and slots contiguous thereto, combined with ahooked bolt fitting through said slots and provided with a nut andwasher arranged to clamp the railfiange with the b0lt-head and the otherrailfiange with the washer against the raibseats, substantially as setforth.

1. A rail-fastening consisting of the combination of a hooked bolt 14, aWasher 16, and nut 15, adapted to pass under a rail-seat and hold theopposite rail-flanges under the bolthead and the washer, substantiallyas set forth.

5. A combined railway-tie and fastenings consisting of a metallic platehaving angular rail-seats, depressions 17, adapted to receive the washer16, a hooked bolt 14, and nut 15, substantially as set forth.

6. A railway-tie consisting of an inverted metallic trough provided withrail-seats and having thickened flanges and rail-bearing portions andintervening thinner portions with bracing straight surfaces andelevations and depressions between them, and transverse braces 18,uniting the sides of the trough, substantially as set forth.

S. LLOYD WIEGAND. \Vitnesses:

ALEX. H. SIEGEL, J. DANIEL ELY.

